He is best known for The Da Vinci Code, one of five to date featuring Robert Langdon, a Harvard symbology expert, as his lead character. Most of Dan Brown’s novels are 24-hour treasure hunts, usually featuring cryptology, codes, symbols and conspiracy theories. He was inspired to become a writer of thrillers. His writing career was sparked by reading Sidney Sheldon’s The Doomsday Conspiracy, whilst on holiday in Tahiti in 1993. But before he became one of the best-selling authors in history Brown dabbled in music and songwriting, and taught English. Born in 1964 and raised in Exeter, New Hampshire, Dan Brown’s childhood interest in secrets and puzzles stemmed from the fields of mathematics, music and languages in which his parents worked.
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